Kansas road funds debated in Star analysis
The Kansas City Star urges a reexamination of road taxation and spending in Kansas. It argues massive local road taxes yield uneven value and proposes diverting some funds to a statewide system while preserving essential local roads. Douglas county and statewide totals are cited to illustrate the scale of expenditures.
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Kansas City Star
Kan- Siz
Kansas
Missouri
Douglas County
Topeka
Stak
Retired coach Outland of Hasteli Indians to quit football
Twenty five years ago coach J H Outland announced his retirement after a storied season with the Hasteli Indians. He will return to medicine in Lawrence and finish his career after leading the team that beat Washington University at St Louis on Thanksgiving Day.
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Outland
J.H. Outland
Hasteli Indians
Washington University
St. Louis
K. U. Zhe
Haskell Indians
N. C. Johnson
Kentucky Street
Lawrence
Ahd
H. H. Cripp
Violet
E. J. Moyes
Leavenworth
Powls
Topeka High School
Topeka Owls
Vera Bingler
Mary Clark
Douglas County
Kentucky Jockey Club Suit Threatens Derby Vision
Kentucky Jockey Club Suit threatens Derby vision as a partial item references Betty's illness and homeward return. The fragmentary text lists social visits across Kansas City and other towns, Thanksgiving gatherings, and local fare, with names like Miss Alberta Taylor Ferrell Martinson Joe Coker Cramer V. Scott and many families noted.
Agent assume Sibley Branch leadership at Morris Packing
Mr BE F Mumier, Southwestern agent for Morris Packing Co at Fort Smith, will take charge of the Sibley Branch after eleven years in the role. The move marks a regional leadership shift within the firm as it strengthens its Arkansas operations.
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F. Mumier
Southwestern
Morris Packing, Co
Fort Simith
Sibley
Early School Reminiscences Spelling School Tale
In 1864 a large Congregational church school operated near Fairview District No. 2 drawing students from miles around. The piece recalls older scholars by name, the goal of education, and a spelling school organized with teacher Mrs Hervich later Mrs Deacon Rickson. The wood heated stove and tensions with Mr Hoover frame the district’s memories.
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Journal-World
Congregational Church Association
Zacharia Marshall
Ernest Faeton
Fairview
Hubert . Dickson
A m
Sam Howel
Joe
Jen“Jones
Mary Shank
Kate Frank Curless
Johnyand
Mel Dutton
John Grant
Philip Iedcock
Charles Godfrey
Martin
Marcus
Ida Meairs
Rupope
Flora Kennedy
Orrin Worrell
Albert Newton
Rebecce Doll
Hoover
Fireside notes on stove heat and Lawrence visit
In a reflective column Elroy Ayer recalls a lecture by Herbert Dickson on stoves and green sycamore fuel, describing heating theories and practical why the stove should stay full for maximum heat. He also notes a pleasant visit with Mr and Mrs Will Anderson of Lawrence en route to California and a chat with A D Weaver at the Alvarado. C. W. Smith comments Kansas can build premier roads without large bonds, while outlining farm to farm travel improvements.
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Will Anderson
Lawrence
California
A. D. Weaver
Alvarado
Elroy Ayer
Journal-World
Ansays
Kansas City Star
Kansas
United States
Cc. W. Smith
Sevens societies and conventions span today
The piece notes events across the nation including sessions of the Italian Chamber of Deputies reconvening, the American Toy Manufacturers Association holding its annual convention in New York, the Construction Council of King Roosevelt meeting in St. Louis, Massey the Canadian minister to the U S as guest speaker at the Canadian Club of Boston banquet, and a new labor college opening in Appleton Wisconsin under the Trade and Labor Council auspices.
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Depurtes
Willather
New York
American Toy Manufacturers’ Association
New Construction Council
King
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Meent Massey
United States
Canadian Club
Boston
Iabor
Appieton
Wis
Trade and Labor Council O
British diplomat Sir Rennell Read visits United States
Sir Rennell Read, veteran British diplomat born 1858 and Oxford graduate, travels the United States sharing views of an obvious and inevitable friendship between England and America. He has served in Berlin Stockholm Athens Rome Paris and African posts and was British ambassador during the postwar period. In legal news Inez Hackley files suit for divorce from James Hackley and requests restoration of her maiden name Inez Spotser along with property.
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England
America
Rensell Read
United States
Rennell Redd
Globe
Oxford
Stockholm
Athraz
Rome
Paris
Africa
Tonly
Inez Hackley
James FE. Hackley
Inez Spotser
Kansas History Date Fragments and Political Mentions
A jumbled Kansas history fragment references a 1858 oath of a governor designate, a Dee 7 special legislature session, and a Cooper Union style speech. It also mentions Lyman Allen of Lawrence's death in 1871, Humboldt land office receiver Reynolds, and Edmund G Ross’s Coffeyville paper.
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Stanton
Rover
Dee
Samuel i Medar
WaeLensLinesin
Cooper Union
New York
Lyman Allen
Lawrence
Bie W. Reynolds
Humboldt
Edmund G Ross
Coffeyville
De Soto area notices and Thanksgiving gatherings noted
Local families including Mrs. C B Soule Mrs Clay Linden Herbert Linden Elmer Linden and Mrs Thomas Siebert gathered in Tonga for Harry Mosely's unexpected death. The piece lists numerous Thanksgiving visits dinners and kinship events across De Soto and nearby Kansas City with many named individuals and households.
Worden Community Notes and Thanksgiving Pageant
Local social roundup lists Mr. and Mrs. Elm and others visiting relatives in Worden area. Thanksgiving program at Worden church features "America the Beautiful" and "The Gift of Dreams" pageant with $56.50 collected. Church women plan December meeting and officer elections. Also mentions 1928 Christmas Savings Club and Bazaar at Lantherton Congregational parish house with meal times and prices. Footnote notes heavy recent snowfall melting into water.
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Theodord Elm
A. Mastin
Carl Schwarz
Louise Schwarz
Chester Elliott
Harold
Melvern
W. FE. ‘ Wineinger
Win. Lynch
Barnhart
Centropolis
Atta Heffner
A.mastin
Worden Church
John Stahl
Mastin
Sophia Neim
Worden
Slain Man Found Beside Road Near Gashland Missouri
A tidily dressed youth identified as Harry Rothman of Kansas City was found slain beside a rural road in Clay County Missouri. He was shot five times in the stomach and had two bullet holes in his right hand, suggesting a struggle to push away the gun. The body was laid beside the road wrapped in an overcoat, raising doubts about the killing location. The incident is linked to alleged ties to a wholesale liquor trade. Also noted is a Franklin Farmers Union meeting set for Friday evening at Franklin school starting at 6. Miss Annette Leonard visited Topeka today.
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Fred Watson
Dorothy Leff
Madison
Kans
Ed Miller
Clarence Atkinson
J. D. Buckingham
Lawrence
Sherman Casebier
Casebier
Jetti Turner
Fred Cheatwood
Harvey
Dent
Aletha Jewett
Kansas City
W. H. Jewett
Stanley Jones
Ford
Kansas
Mason
Monta Vista
Colo
Arthur Anderson
Margaret Anderson
Rebekah Liberty ‘Lodge
Pearl
Trent
Noble Grand
S. M. Halderman
Sam Golden
Harold
Frank
Golden
James Ranfts
Irene
Mararet Austill
Margaret Jefferson
Monticello
David Jewett
C B. Soule
Clay Linden
Herbert
Elmer Linden
de Soto
Thomas Siebert
Bonner Springs
Harry Mosely
Tonga
Mosely
Tit Mosely
Ke. Linden
Jean Martin
Vera Holderman
Doris Phillips
Smcile Phillips
Irene Reed
May French
Edna Kerksey
Ed Kouns
Hush Dowding
Lawrence Watson
John M. Whitelaw
Donald
Taylor Martin
Floyd Cox
Lea Large
August Ross
Frank Penner
Lawrence and
Louis Penner
Jeln Penner
Fred Gordon
Mac
Alfred
Earl Ross
Ruth Gordon
Newton
Hobart, Morse
Shawnee
C. W. Morse
Marguerite Morse
Kansas’ City
Hey
Alec Catton
Fred Hackler
Miles Hackler
Perman Nesselbuf
Jake Ochler
Esther Marie
Ward Landis
George Oehlest
Argentine
Charles Oebert
Misland
Reid
Midew
Clyde Gottstein
Dewey Cook
Herman’ Gottstein
Florence Davison
Althea Davison
Betty
Vernon da
Arelia Pierce
Hrexel
Harry Rothman
Gashland
Clay County
This Man Can't Catch Cold
A promotional note extols Pape's Cold Compound tablets as a simple pleasant remedy to stave off or quickly relieve a cold. It claims effectiveness even when throat symptoms intensify and urges buying at the drugstore for thirty five cents.
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Pape
Ehle
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